Question

I need to generate random color names e.g. “Red”, “White” etc. How can I do it? I am able to generate random color like this:

Random randonGen = new Random();
Color randomColor = Color.FromArgb(randonGen.Next(255), randonGen.Next(255), 
randonGen.Next(255));

but I need the names and not all colors generated like this have a known name.

Thanks

Answer 1

Use Enum.GetValue to retrieve the values of the KnownColor enumeration and get a random value:

Random randomGen = new Random();
KnownColor[] names = (KnownColor[]) Enum.GetValues(typeof(KnownColor));
KnownColor randomColorName = names[randomGen.Next(names.Length)];
Color randomColor = Color.FromKnownColor(randomColorName);